MSA-007 Nero

MSA-007 Nero

Overall Height: 20.20m
Head Height: 19.02m
Base Weight: 34.1t
Loaded Weight: 60.5t
Power Generator Output: 1,650kw
Maneuvering Rocket Propulsion: 10,200kg x4
Attitude Adjustment Verniers: 8
Sensor Effective Radius: 12,000m
Armor Materials: Gundarium Composite
Fixed Armament: Beam Saber x2 (Output 0.9MW
The Nero plan combines the lower half of the ι (Iota) Gundam (=S Gundam) with the upper half of the λ (Lambda) Gundam to create a comparatively high class mass production unit.  Thus, it is able to boast the same slender silhouette as the S Gundam, something rarely seen in the GM line of mass production units.

Space suits of the One Year War

Even in an age where space suits are worn on an everyday basis to perform activities in outer space, there are many demands placed on the space suits worn, and as a result of incorporating all the necessary features, the space suits often limit the range of motion of their wearer.   Military Space suits aim to allow as wide a range of motion as possible, but are also modified to be easier to egress.  These types of modifications would be extremely expensive and so are not practical for civilian use space suits, and so are seen as somewhat extravagant in comparison.

Gundam Pixie

RX-78-XX Gundam Pixie

Total Height: 19.2m
Head Height: 18.3m
Total Weight: 39.8t
Generator Output: 1440 kw
Thruster Output: 70500kg
Armament: 60mm Vulcan Cannon, 90mm Machine Gun, Beam Dagger x2
(First Appearance: SFC Cross Dimension 0079)

RGZ-91

The ReGz is an experimental Mobile Suit developed in UC0091 by Anaheim Electronics.  This machine's nickname is the shorted version of the full name; 'Refine Gundam Zeta', and is an experimental production version of the most advanced AEUG Mobile suit deployed in the Grypps conflict: the MSZ-006 Z Gundam.

Gundam Mk. V

Total Height: 25.42m
Head Height: 22.80m
Base Weight: 39t
Loaded Weight: 65.31t
Power Generator Output: 5,320KW
Main Propulsion Rocket Output: 3,340kgx2, 2,220kgx2
Attitude Adjustment Verniers: 10
Sensor Radius: 12,000m
Armor Materials: Gundarium Composite
Fixed Armament: Back Beam Cannon x2 (Output 12MW)
Beam Saber x2 (Output 0.9MW)
Incom x2 (Output 4.5MW)


The Augusta research institute developed this unit as a reduced-size version of the MRX-009 'Psyco Gundam', it is equipped with a Quasi-Psycommu wire-guided weapon system known as the 'Incom System'.

RX-94 Production Type ν Gundam

RX-94 Spec

Head Height: 21.2m

Unloaded Weight: 25.6t

Loaded Weight: 64.5t (Fin Funnel equipped), 58t (Incom equipped)

Generator Output: 2500kW

Thruster Output: 91000kg

Sensor Radius: 19400m

Armor Materials: Gundarium Alloy

Armament: Beam Rifle (same as used on the RX-93)

Beam Spray Gun

Beam Saber x1

Incom Unit (Option pack)

Fin Funnel (Option pack)

Beam Saber Rack

Hyper Bazooka

Beam Cannon

Missile x4

RGM-89S Stark Jegan

EFSF Anti-Ship Assault Mobile Suit

A high performance upgraded version of the Earth Federation Force’s main MS, the Jegan, with improved armor and thrusters, along with triple missile pods mounted on the shoulders.  As a state-of-the-art Mobile Suit, it was deployed with the Londo Bell Corps and engaged Neo Zeon’s Kshatriya in combat near Industrial 7.

Universal Century Ships: Musai-Class Light Cruiser

Principality of Zeon Forces - Musai-Class Light Cruiser

The Musai-class light cruiser was commissioned in July U.C. 0075 as the standard light space cruiser in the Principality of Zeon forces.  The most prominent design feature of this class was its design specializing in Mobile Suit deployment.  Equipped with Minovsky thermonuclear fusion reactors in nacelles on each side of the ship, it also featured hangar space, a bridge section block, and cannon turrets in the main hull.

Zeon Forces Uniforms and Smallarms

The Principality of Zeon’s Military uniforms are particularly notable for their emphasis on appearance and design.  The design, which is evocative of designs in the restoration era past, gives priority to identification, with rank devices not only present on shoulders and sleeves, but also a large rank insignia on the chest, a particularly noteworthy point.

EFSF Weapons: RX-78-NT1 Gundam 'Alex'

Due to various problems at manufacturing sites, The RX-78NT-1 was planned to utilize new weapons exclusive to the NT-1.  Due to different beam focusing equipment and units, as well as other independently developed devices, the abilities and form of these weapons is particularly unique.

Ramba Ral

A man who belonged to the battlefield, one of Zeon’s leading warriors.

Rank at the end of the One Year War: Captain (O-3)

One Year War Duty Assignment: Zeon Military, Space Attack Corps

Birth Year, Place: Unknown, Side 3

Career accomplishments: Participated in the Battle of Loum in January 0079, where he was credited with sinking six ships, making him one of Zeon’s top ‘Ship Aces’ at the time.   On October 6th, 0079, he assembled a special strike force to suppress the White Base, and dropped to Earth.   This force engaged the White Base several times, and after forming a guerilla force under his ‘M3 operation’, was able to get close to the White Base, but after sustaining wounds inside the enemy ship, determined his own fate.

‘The Blue Giant’ was this Zeon Soldier’s alternate name, highly skilled in commanding Guerilla operations, and Mobile Suit Piloting, where he piloted his MS-07B Gouf against the White Base’s Ace, Amuro Ray in his RX-78-2 Gundam, ultimately fighting the Gundam to an even match in combat.

AMS-129M Zee Zulu

Sharing the same basic frame as the Geara Zulu to place it firmly in the era of Gundam UC, it is also drawn with the traditional Zeon Aquatic MS-like silhouette, creating an excellent design that visually fits the setting and meets the demands of the story.

RGM-79Q GM Quell

One of MS that would form the initial backbone of the Titans' MS corps, also used for extensive testing with the Titans Test Team.

Zeon Herzogtum Korps Wahrzeichen

Zeon Principality Corps Rank Insignia

(TL note: I have listed the equivalent Army and Navy ranks for each officer rank, as Bandai has chosen the Naval ranks to be officially localized to the English-language releases, but the enlisted ranks in Japanese are definitely Army ranks only, so I did not list Naval ranks there.   Because of this discrepancy, I will use Army ranks elsewhere on the site.)

Though many parts of the Zeon Military uniforms remain mysterious, the military ranks basically follow the chart below.  A detailed explanation of the different types of rank insignia are explained in detail below.

MS Tactics - Anti-Ship Mission

Executing an Anti-Warship Attack in Space

One of the most fundamental reasons for Zeon’s huge successes at the outbreak of the war are the effective Mobile Suit tactics employed by the Zeon MS corps.

Using a squad of three Mobile Suits, this article will demonstrate how to successfully execute an Anti-Ship assault with detailed formation explanations.

Pegasus Class Assault Carrier: Grey Phantom

Hull Number: LMSD-76

Gray Phantom

Main Armament:

1 x Twin main cannon

2 x Twin deflection-type mega particle cannon turrets

MS-06-R-3 High Mobility Zaku (Gelgoog Forerunner Test Type)

One of the missing links that often appears in development flowcharts, but rarely detailed by itself.
There is no information that I am aware of that suggests anything about the fate of this MS, heavily implied to have been the only example of the type.  It's worth noting that the MS-11 in this case probably does not refer to the MS-11 Action Zaku.

Shin Matsunaga

Military ID Number: PM05576744-S

Affiliation: Space Attack Corps

Biography:

Born in U.C. 0055 as the eldest son of the Side 3 Matsunaga family, a prominent family comparable to the Federation’s Yashima family.  As suggested by the name, the family was of mixed Eastern and Western blood, and Shin Matsunaga was the only member of this family to enter the military.

MS-11 Action Zaku

A lesser known unit of the One Year War, originally appearing in MS-X, which were unused concepts for the original Mobile Suit Gundam series.

Dolos Analysis

This is an unofficial (let's face it, almost every Gundam publication is) analysis from a 2003 A Bao A Qu magazine special on how a Dolos might actually be able to hold its sometimes-published capacity of 182 MS.  

On another note, a modern aircraft carrier operating four catapults simultaneously should be able to launch an aircraft every 20 seconds in ideal conditions. If we look at the Dolos with seven visible launch ports, we could reasonably extrapolate that the Dolos can launch one MS every 10 seconds, which means it will still take 30 minutes to launch all 182 MS.